New Zealand v Sri Lanka @ Sharjah C.A. Stadium
31 March 1988
Toss: New Zealand (bat)
Umpires: Khizer Hayat, Mahboob Shah
Match Result: New Zealand won by 43 runs
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Robert Vance | run out | 96 | 125 | - | 3 | 2 | |
| *2. John Wright | st Guy de Alwis b Aravinda de Silva | 45 | 61 | - | 5 | - | |
| 3. Andrew Jones | b Arjuna Ranatunga | 33 | 45 | - | - | 1 | |
| 4. Mark Greatbatch | run out | 12 | 18 | - | - | - | |
| 5. Ken Rutherford | c Asanka Gurusinha b Asoka de Silva | 9 | 13 | - | - | - | |
| 6. Sir Richard Hadlee | c Ravi Ratnayeke b Asoka de Silva | 14 | 13 | - | - | 1 | |
| 7. Dipak Patel | lbw b Asoka de Silva | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 8. Chris Kuggeleijn | not out | 24 | 22 | - | 2 | - | |
| +9. Tony Blain | not out | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | |
| 10. Willie Watson | |||||||
| 11. Ewen Chatfield |
| FOW | 1-76 (John Wright), 2-146 (Andrew Jones), 3-180 (Mark Greatbatch), 4-199 (Ken Rutherford), 5-204 (Robert Vance), 6-204 (Dipak Patel), 7-230 (Sir Richard Hadlee). |
| Extras | 1b, 5lb, 4w, 0nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs) 249 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 8 | 0 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graeme Labrooy | 10 | 0 | 65 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 10 | 1 | 41 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 10 | 0 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Don Anurasiri | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asoka de Silva | 8 | 0 | 38 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Roshan Mahanama | c Ken Rutherford b Dipak Patel | 43 | 71 | - | 1 | - | |
| 2. Brendon Kuruppu | c Robert Vance b Willie Watson | 0 | 7 | - | - | - | |
| 3. Asanka Gurusinha | lbw b Sir Richard Hadlee | 60 | 92 | - | 4 | - | |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c & b Chris Kuggeleijn | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | |
| 5. Arjuna Ranatunga | b Dipak Patel | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | |
| *6. Ranjan Madugalle | run out | 25 | 42 | - | 1 | - | |
| 7. Ravi Ratnayeke | c Chris Kuggeleijn b Willie Watson | 31 | 35 | - | 2 | - | |
| +8. Guy de Alwis | not out | 16 | 19 | - | 1 | - | |
| 9. Asoka de Silva | b Ewen Chatfield | 10 | 13 | - | 1 | - | |
| 10. Graeme Labrooy | b Willie Watson | 1 | 9 | - | - | - | |
| 11. Don Anurasiri | not out | 3 | 6 | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Brendon Kuruppu), 2-90 (Roshan Mahanama), 3-92 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-95 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-115 (Asanka Gurusinha), 6-158 (Ranjan Madugalle), 7-174 (Ravi Ratnayeke), 8-192 (Asoka de Silva), 9-196 (Graeme Labrooy). |
| Extras | 0b, 12lb, 1w, 1nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs) 206 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 10 | 1 | 25 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Willie Watson | 9 | 1 | 37 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ewen Chatfield | 10 | 0 | 48 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Kuggeleijn | 10 | 0 | 37 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dipak Patel | 10 | 0 | 45 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Jones | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand: Robert Vance, John Wright, Andrew Jones, Mark Greatbatch, Ken Rutherford, Sir Richard Hadlee, Dipak Patel, Chris Kuggeleijn, Tony Blain, Willie Watson, Ewen Chatfield
Sri Lanka: Roshan Mahanama, Brendon Kuruppu, Asanka Gurusinha, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Ranjan Madugalle, Ravi Ratnayeke, Guy de Alwis, Asoka de Silva, Graeme Labrooy, Don Anurasiri
